ADVERBS OF MANNERS

ESERCIZI http://www.learnenglish.de/Games/Adverbs/Adverbs.htm
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perdere le spiegazioni in tedesco!!)
http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/gr.adverbs.i.htm
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http://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/adverbs-manner-
elementarypre-intermediate

SPIEGAZIONI http://www.english-4u.de/adjective_adverb.htm (molto chiara, esercizi in

GRAMMATICALI fondo alle spiegazioni)
http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/adv_manner.html (abbastanza chiara,
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http://www.testyourenglish.net/english-online/subjects/advofman.html
http://www.learnenglish.de/grammar/adverbmanner.htm

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ADVERBS OF MANNER
 
Adverbs of manner say how something happens or is done/ gli avverbi di frequenza ti dicono
come viene fatto qualche cosa
Examples are: happily, angrily, slowly, carefully, fast etc.
She walked slowly.
John drove carefully.
The soldiers fought bravely.

POSITION / POSIZIONE

Adverbs of manner normally go in end position (at the end of a clause) / Gli avverbi di frequenza
di solito, vanno alla fine della frase

She sang well.

He talked loudly.
She walked slowly.
He managed it skillfully.
She speaks English well.
An adverb of manner modifying an adjective or another adverb normally goes before it / un
avverbio che modifica un aggettivo o un’altro avverbio, di solito va prima di esso
She is seriously ill (ill = ammalato = aggettivo)
I was terribly busy.

Points to be noted / da notare

1 Adverbs of manner can come in mid position if the adverb is not important to the meaning of the
verb / gli avverbi di frequenza sono in posizione centrale (cioè fra soggetto e verbo) se l’avverbio
non è importante per la connotazione del verbo

She angrily tore up the letter. (The manner in which she tore up the letter is not important.)
His health slowly began to improve.

2. If there is a preposition before the object, we can place the adverb either before the preposition or
after the object / se c’è un complemento con preposizione, l’avverbio va prima del complemento o
dopo di esso
The man walked happily towards his home.
The man walked towards his home happily.

3. To emphasize the point, sometimes, an adverb of manner is placed before the main verb / qualche
volta l’avverbio è posto prima del verbo principale se si vuole dare maggior risalto al verbo stesso
He gently woke up the woman

4. Some writers put adverbs of manner at the beginning of a sentence to catch our attention / quando
si scrive, talvolta si può mettere l’avverbio all’inizio della frase per catturare l’attenzione di chi
legge
Happily Tom went home.
Slowly he walked away.

Adverbs of manner tell us how something happens. They are usually placed after the main verb or
after the object.
Examples:
He swims well, (after the main verb)
He ran... rapidly, slowly, quickly..
She spoke... softly, loudly, aggressively..
James coughed loudly to attract her attention.
He plays the flute beautifully. (after the object)
He ate the chocolate cake greedily.
BE CAREFUL! The adverb should not be put between the verb and the object:
He ate greedily the chocolate cake [incorrect]
He ate the chocolate cake greedily [correct]
If there is a preposition before the object, e.g. at, towards, we can place the adverb either before
the preposition or after the object.
Example:
The child ran happily towards his mother.
The child ran towards his mother happily.
Sometimes an adverb of manner is placed before a verb + object to add emphasis:
He gently woke the sleeping woman.
Also, these common adverbs are almost always placed AFTER the verb / questi avverbi, di solito,
sono posti dopo il verbo:
well
badly
hard
fast

Notice the difference in meaning between the following pairs of sentences:

She quickly agreed to re-type the letter (= her agreement was quick)
She agreed to re-type the letter quickly (= the re-typing was quick)
He quietly asked me to leave the house (= his request was quiet)
He asked me to leave the house quietly (= the leaving was quiet)

ELENCO DI AVVERBI VARI CHE NON DIFFERISCONO DALL’AGGETTIVO

Adjective Adverb of Manner

  fast   fast
  hard   hard
  little   little
  loud   loud or loudly
  much   much
  straight   straight
   
Adjective Adverb of Location
  far   far
  high   high
  low   low
  near   near
  wide   wide
   
Adjective Adverb of Time
  early   early
  first   first
  late   late
  long   long
   
Adjective Adverb of Frequency
  daily   daily
  monthly   monthly
  weekly   weekly
  yearly   yearly

Adverbs of manner are usually placed after the main verb.

He swims fast.
She sings beautifully.

It is possible to place the adverb before the verb. This places emphasis on the adverb.
She calmly announced that she had fallen in love with someone else.
She quickly finished her dinner.

But some adverbs are always placed after the verb.

These adverbs are: well, badly, hard, fast.

The team well played. - WRONG

The team played well. - RIGHT

He performed badly.
The students tried hard. (note: hard is an irregular adverb - don't say hardly) The dogs ran fast.
(note: fast is an irregular adverb - don't say fastly)

Adverbs of manner - verbs with objects

If the verb has an object, the adverb of manner is usually placed after the object, not between the
verb and object.

I opened wide the door. - WRONG

I opened the door wide. - RIGHT

He ate the chocolate cake greedily. She typed the email hurriedly.

However, it is still possible to place the adverb before the verb, to emphasise the adverb.
He greedily ate the chocolate cake. She hurriedly typed the email

When there is more than one verb in a clause, the position of the adverb is very important. If it is
placed with the verb, it modifies the action described by the verb. If it is placed at the end of the
clause, it describes the manner of the whole action described in the clause.

Compare:
She slowly decided to leave the party. = slowly modifies decided.
She decided to leave the party slowly. = slowly modifies leave the party.

The teacher quietly asked the children to finish their game. = quietly modifies asked.
The teacher asked the children to finish their game quietly. = quietly modifies finish (their game).

You can give more information about most adverbs of manner by using a word such as:
a bit
quite
most
fairly
really
very
extremely

These words are always placed before the adverb.

Very carefully, she carried the baby upstairs.

She carried the baby upstairs very carefully.
She very carefully carried the baby upstairs.
He finished his homework really quickly.

angrily badly beautifully calmingly

carefully cautiously cleverly dangerously
eagerly excitedly foolishly fast
furiously greedily happily hard
hurriedly kindly nervously politely
quickly quietly secretly silently
slowly softly stupidly unhappily
well wickedly willingly wisely